Etymograph

English

selca

Selca comes from Korean 셀카 ‘selfie’, and goes back to English self.

  1. English1500–presentself1
  2. Koreanmodern셀카1selka‘selfie’
  3. Englishearliest quotation 2017selca1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English selca
  2. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 2017, Dinna Chan Vasquez, BusinessMirror: “My daughter and her friends take the best selcas…”.

Lineage

  1. English1500–presentselfWiktionary, English selca
  2. Koreanmodern셀카Wiktionary, English selcaselka‘selfie’
  3. Englishearliest quotation 2017selcaWiktionary, English selca. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 2017, Dinna Chan Vasquez, BusinessMirror: “My daughter and her friends take the best selcas…”

Every English word from English self

Today it means

noun A photographic portrait taken by the subject; a selfie.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “selca”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

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